Mr Linh's homestay

Hotel overview

The tremendous hard work of the local villagers, friends and family of Mr Linh has led to the opening of this beautiful homestay on the shores of the world’s only freshwater Karst Lake in the heart of BaBe National Park. Choosing a homestay is about wanting to experience local life, and Mr Linh’s family are extremely welcoming and offer you a genuine ‘home from home’ experience, though with a little more added luxury than some options we have seen! Spend time swinging in the hammocks, dining with the family and spending hours learning about local life in this mountainous setting.

Mr Linhs house is newly built with western standard bathrooms, hot water, comfortable beds, fresh white linens and mosquito nets to keep the bugs at bay. The facilities are kept sparkling clean and the homestay even has cable TV and fast WiFi, though with the amount of local tours on offer and the stunning limestone mountain backdrop, we are sure you would rather sit on the balcony soaking up the views or explore the beautiful surroundings.

Mr Linh invites you to dine with his family, enjoying delicious Vietnamese cuisine prepared from fresh local produce collected from the markets, fields and the lake. The food is lovingly cooked over an open fire in the traditional way but there is no Western fare here, although specific diets can be catered for by the family chefs. Mr Linh feels it is most important that the village should benefit from any visitors, and so all his staff are locals.  The young, enthusiastic team are very professional and offer excellent service, as well as ensuring you an extremely fun and memorable village stay.

Excursion

Watersports, Snorkelling & Diving

A number of the resorts across Vietnam offer water-sports from the beach (including kayaking, sailing, jet-skis, boating) or you can enjoy the underwater action around Phu Quoc on a snorkelling or diving tour arranged via one of the boat companies or through your hotel. Diving is best from November to March and fun dives will cost around USD100 per person, whereas snorkelling is around USD35 per person. For many Nha Trang is the best place to head for the quality of the diving. It has, however, become very busy with a lot of different dive shops too so it is worth considering the kind of experience you would like before choosing. Diving off the coast of Hoi An is a place for many to try out diving. It isn't busy there and so makes the ideal place to stop off for an extra couple of nights and to explore the underwater world. Con Dao is considered one of the best examples of marine conservation in the country. With over 340 species of Hard and Soft corals, teeming with a colourful array of marine life. Con Dao supports a high level of biodiversity and over 1,400 currently recorded marine species. With clear waters from February to July and visibility averaging 20-30 metres, Con Dao is an excellent place for diving and offers a unique opportunity to explore the amazing variety of underwater life. Explore the untouched and pristine corals, with a chance to see rays, turtles, giant barracuda, cobia, batfish and small bamboo sharks, as well as a whole host of tropical reef fish. Phu Quoc is often the beach stop of choice and there are a lot of dive sites around. The major dive sites on the Phu Quoc are Dry island and Nudibranch Island where you will be able to spot a variety of marine animals, including cuttlefish, octopus, scorpionfish, damselfish, nudibranchs, and moray eels. The sea is calm around here and in the dry season, you'll have clear water and great visibility.

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